Manuscript Illumination with the Beheading of Saint Paul in an Initial S, from a Gradual

Master of Bagnacavallo

ca. 1278 · Tempera and ink on parchment · Medieval Art

The Beheading of Saint Paul is one of two cuttings in the Metropolitan Museum's collection that was excised from the ensemble of choir books created for the Cathedral of Imola, near Bologna. As was often the case, the choir books were probably produced around the time of the cathedral's completion in 1271 and consecration in 1278. The patron may have been Bishop Sinibaldo Meloti da Certaldo, who also commissioned the decoration of the cathedral's tribune.

Artist: Master of Bagnacavallo
Date: ca. 1278
Medium: Tempera and ink on parchment
Culture: Italian
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of Bradish Johnson Carroll, 1926

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